Search Results: "Ottoman Empire"

The Liberators of Bulgaria (Documentary) This is a story of forgotten heroes - of Emperors, war correspondents and ordinary people. The film takes us back to 19th century Europe. It tells about the role of the American journalist Januarius MacGahan who wa

This documentary traces the Ottoman Empire from its beginnings in the 14th century to its incarnation as one of the largest empires in history, spanning three continents.Ottoman Empire: The War Machine is a documentary on the six century reign of the Otto

The term empire derives from the Latin imperium (power, authority). Politically, an empire is a geographically extensive group of states and peoples (ethnic groups) united and ruled either by a single monarch (Grand Duke, King, Khan, Caesar, Emperor, Empr

The Fall of Constantinople the capital of the Byzantine Empire, which occurred after a 53 day siege by the Ottoman Empire, under the command of Sultan Mehmed II with an army of 100,000 and 320 ships, against the defending army of 5,000 Greeks and 2,000 me

The Ottoman Empire was an empire founded by Oghuz Turks under Osman Bey in northwestern Anatolia in 1299. With the conquest of Constantinople by Mehmed II in 1453, the Ottoman state was transformed into an empire.During the 16th and 17th centuries, in par

Movie in Romanian, English subtitles Vladimir III, Dracul, Prince of Wallachia 1431–1476.Vlad had three aims for Wallachia: to strengthen the country's economy, its defense and his own political power. He took measures to help the peasants' well-being by

By Christmas 1914, the bloody impasse in the trench lines on the Western Front saw Lord Kitchener looking elsewhere for victory. In an attempt to gain access to the Black Sea they decided to go to war against Turkey, a British Naval expedition advanced on